Education
2015
Master of Fine Arts (Research), H1, VCA, University of Melbourne
2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), H1, RMIT University
Selected Awards, Grants & Residencies
2024
Paul Guest Drawing Prize – Finalist
Jacaranda Art Prize – Finalist
Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize - Finalist
2023
Australia Council Grant: Arts Projects for Individuals
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize - Finalist
2022
Paul Guest Drawing Prize – Finalist
National Works on Paper Award – Finalist (Acquired)
Waverly Art Prize – Finalist
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award - Finalist
2020
Australia Council Resilience Fund
Australia Council Career Development Grant
Sanskriti Kendra Artist Residency, Delhi, India
2019
La Trobe Art Institute Writer's Block Commission
Australia Council Career Development Grant
MASS MoCA Studio Residency, Massachusetts, USA
Working Artist Grant, Washington, USA
Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship - Finalist
2017
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize - Finalist
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize - Finalist
2016
Stuart Black Memorial Travelling Scholarship
Bayside City Council Residency
Abbotsford Convent Start-up Program Studio Residency
2015
Ursula Hoff Institute Inc. Drawing Award
Incinerator Art Award - Finalist
2013
Takt kunstprojektraum residency, Berlin, Germany
2012
Facetnate! The Japan Foundation Sydney Visual Art Grant
2011
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award
RMIT Honours Travelling Endowment Scholarship
2010
Siemens RMIT Fine Art Award
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Healers, Stockroom Kyneton, VIC
2021
Temple of Nature, Daine Singer, VIC
2017
Shifting Shapes, Forming Spaces, C3 Contemporary Art Space, VIC
2016
Forms and Diagrams (For Harmonic Ideals), Anna Pappas Gallery, VIC
2014
Geometric Findings, Five Walls Projects, VIC
2012
Shifting, Langford 120 (the wall), VIC
Inside is Outside, Outside is Inside, Seventh Gallery, VIC
Ma: Space between here and there, Japan Foundation Gallery, NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Melbourne Now, The National Gallery of Victoria
2021
Wall Drawings, curated by Danny Lacy and Ellinor Pelz, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
NotFair art fair, curated by Sam Leach, Tony Lloyd and Ashley Crawford, VIC
2019
Ode to Marion, curated by Boe-Lin Bastian, Incinerator Gallery, VIC
Be Long, curated by Erika Hess, Dutoit Gallery, Ohio, USA
2018
Chart Form, curated by Kent Wilson, La Trobe Art Institute, VIC
Utopian Tongues, curated by Jake Treacy, Seventh Gallery, VIC
Vis à Vis, curated by Charlotte Watson, Five Walls, VIC
2017
Superman 3, curated by Patrick Larmour, Tributary Projects, ACT
2016
Imbue, curated by Aimee Board, Rubicon ARI, VIC
2013
Natürlich, curated by Isabel Manalo, Takt Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany
Collections
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
Justin Art House Museum Collection, VIC
Working Artist Org Collection, U.S.A
Lane Cove Council Collection, NSW
Private Collections in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, U.S.A and Japan
Public Art
2024
Darwin Street Art Festival Commission, Darwin NT
MARS Gallery mural commission, Windsor, VIC
Hadassah community mural commission, Mornington, VIC
2022
Notfair Art Fair Mural Project, Prahran, VIC
2021
Moonee Valley City Council Mural Commission, Strathmore, VIC
2019
La Trobe Art Institute Writer's Block Commission, Bundoora, VIC
Selected Publications
2019
Renewed Sense of Wonder: Interview with Yuria Okamura, Create Magazine, https://createmagazine.com/read/yuria-okamura-interview
2016
In Conversation with Yuria Okamura, Jean Kemshal-Bell. http://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/blog/in-conversation-with-yuria-okamura
2013
Featured in Fukt #12: A magazine for contemporary drawing, Berlin